Basacallis tarachodes Dyar, 1914 is a animal in the Pyralidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Basacallis tarachodes Dyar, 1914

Basacallis tarachodes Dyar, 1914

Basacallis is a monotypic snout moth genus containing the single species Basacallis tarachodes, found in Panama and the southeastern U.S.

Family
Genus
Basacallis
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Basacallis tarachodes Dyar, 1914

Basacallis is a monotypic genus of snout moths. This genus was described by Everett D. Cashatt in 1969, and it holds only one species: Basacallis tarachodes, which was first named by Dyar in 1914. This species has a wingspan of 16 to 23 millimeters, and its forewings are light gray. It can be found in Panama, and the U.S. states of Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, and South Carolina.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyralidae Basacallis

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